Very grateful to Craig Sutton for the scan of the rare jug commemorating the North Staffordshire races held in 1858

FIRST MEETING

Records show that a meeting took place in 1858 and that John Osborne's horse Spider won the principal race, The Potters Plate. However, the first recorded meeting at the racecourse was in 1854.

SITUATED

On the outskirts of Stoke on Trent and operating as a racecourse from 1854 until 1860, with the final meeting taking place at this North Staffs venue on 7th August 1860

DISTANCES

2 miles and upwards.

PRINCIPAL RACE

Appropriately enough, The Potters Plate

WORLD WAR I

Closed before War began

WORLD WAR II

Closed before War began

FACT

John Osborne was born in 1833 and lived to the ripe old age of 89, dying in 1922.

QUESTION

How old was the famous Gentleman jockey John Osborne when he rode Spider to victory in the Potters Plate?

CURRENT SITUATION

Little evidence of a racecourse now exists.

LAST MEETING

15th April 1880

If you have :-

a favourite memory of this racecourse;

photos or a postcard of the course;

a members badge from the course, either to sell or as a scan;